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Actor who brought joie de vivre for quirky Megane advert makes popular return
: by Katie Hammond: „.GISBURN’S new Delicious Deli
. and Cafe.was declared well and - truly open for business by the man
' residents are coming to begrudg ingly regard as one of their own!.
I j,, Having thrust the village into the
. national spotlight over the past few • months, Claude, of the Renault Meg-
WINE TO THE FRENCH: Accepting gifts from Byrne’s (s) and, below, he poses with mayor, Coun. Lois Rimmer at Clitheroe Castle.
^
- ane Experiment campaign fame, re turned to
do.the honours by opening the much-anticipated village shop on the site of the former post office. Business partners Maxine Bridge and Sharon Smalley expressed their
; delight as the culmination of their: joint vision opened its doors.
: “We were both really concerned
when the post office closed in spring, and it got us thinking about what we would miss about a village shop. . : “It became obvious that Sharon and
: I had the experience and enthusiasm to make a go of it,” says Maxine. “We aim to stock daily essentials that are needed from a convenience store, to- • gether.with as much locally-sourced
■ produce as possible. ■ “We’ve already identified a list of
local suppliers who we’d love to be in volved and who are keen to work with . us. We’re also in discussions with the post office to have a part-time service restarted from the cafe section of the premises.” , Maxine and Sharon have already •
been bowled over by positive feedback from ivillage residents, quite a few o f
GIFTS: Claude has a look around the Delicious Deli and Cafe with the Mayor of the Ribble Valley and shop owners Maxine Bridge arid Sharon Smalley, while Claude, right, joins in with Sharon
Jones'Zumba class at the Stirk House Hotel, Gisburn. '
whom have taken to popping their heads around the door to check on progress and to offer their help.. ■ . “We’ve been so delighted with the
SPECIAL SAUSAGES: Claude, right, inspects his - namesake ^ bangers, (s) -v
: support we’ve received,”, says Max ine. “A number of people have even given up their free time to help with decorating. Sharon and I could not be more grateful.” ' : ■ • .
: With Maxine in charge o f front-of-
. house operations, Sharon, an expe-: rienced chef, will be in charge of the Idtchen. “I’m so looking forward to us ing fantastic local produce to provide • wholesome and delieious food for our customers.”
. . After completing his duties at the
.'opening ceremony, Claude took up the offer to call on the services of Ribble Valley Mayor, Coun. Lois Rimmer, to
Brothers admit affray
TWO brothers are awaiting
sentence after admitting affray ■ at Burnley Crown Court.' • : • ■ Farhan Syed (24) and Mo
hammed Syed (31) both o f Whalley Road, Simonstone;
■
denied possessing aii imitation handgun with intent to cause fear of violence and making a threat to
kill.-.The prosecution accepted theirpleas.
act as his tour guide for the afternoon, and embarked on a whistlestop tour
of some of the landmarks and attrac tions. ■ Throwing down the gauntlet to
Claude, Coun. Rimmer had promised him an afternoon of delight and some time to take in the best that Gisbum’s surrounding areas have to offer. - Passing through Sawley, Grindleton,
West Bradford and Waddington, a visit to Clitheroe Castle and presenta tion of specially selected sausages and local beers at Cowman’s Butchers and
; Byrne’s wine shop completed Claude’s memorable afternoon and saw Coun. Rimmer’s mission accomplished! ' _T o see Claude’s Gisburn Megane
Experiment advert;
www.themegane-
experiment.com.
Valley’s finest art on show GREEN:men, musician’s and flamingos,
• provided the inspiration fof"some of the artists at “Inspired”, the 2010 Ribble Val ley open art exhibition.. - The'exhibition, at the Steward’s Gal
lery, Glitheroe Castle,from October 23rd to January 9th, is a hugely popular annual event featuring the work of amateur, pro- : fessional and student visual artists living and working in Ribble Valley.
; .. - Artists were invited to submit any type ;;
- -They were, bailed for pre-" sentence reports..-';
,'qf fine art, including two or three-dimen- • sional pieces, and pieces up to 1.8 metres
fin height, for consideration in the exhibi-: i tion. .
■ ■ fv-: Ribble Valley Borough Council’s arts;
development officer, Mark Mason,-said;:. “The open art exhibition is a fantastic op- ' portunity for local artists, amateur and professional, to exhibit their work at a prestigious venue that attracts hundreds ' ofvisitorsaweek. “Tliere is a rich artistic heritage in Rib- '
ble Valley and some fantastically talented artists, and this year’s exhibition features some outstanding work.”
- The exhibition features; Daniel Burke’s
“Green Man”, which captures the spirit o f ' local woods in stained glass; the portrai ture of the nationally-acclaimed Ellen Ri ley; 5‘The Musicians”. , ’
;. A vibrant group study by Parisian Ce- currently resident in
Sige^TaSSfir The hand-woven spun silk and wool
miniature landscapes of Mary Kelly and ■ the vibrant spectacle of “Flamingos”, by
' ‘■ccently completed a BA following redundancy
. f The work on ‘Inspired’ has been orcan- ised by the Ribble Valley Arts AlliaLe a public and private sector partnershio co-ordinated by Ribble Valley BorougC Counci and the Ribble Valley Strategic
m s Se wk r ’
promoting arts in Lancashire Muse,
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Royal grammar reunion
CLITHEROE Royal Gram mar School’s alumni associa tion, “The Clitheronians”, is inviting all former pupils’to its Annual. Reunion Dinner taking place on Saturday, No vember 13th, at Mytton Fold Hotel, Langho.
Booking is both essential
and urgent, and full details of the function can be found by logging onto The Clitheronians
website at http://clitheronians.
ning.com or by contacting the secretary, Mr Chris Wood by e-mail at chris@teroservices.
co.uk, or by phone on 01200 423552.'
• The deadline for a choice of
menu or to be seated with vour group is next Wednesday,'No- vember3rd.:-
An entertaining evening is
promised, with good food and excellent (but short) speeches
DECLARED OPEN: Claude performs the opening ceremony.
by the retiring president Miss IJarbara Bingham, who will introduce the incoming presi dent Mr Dermot Finch. He attended the school from 1979 to 1986 and has enjoyed a fas cinating career to date. Tlie guests will be welcomed
by the association’s chair man, Mrs Jane Miller (nee Scholes) and a report on the current progress of the school will be presented by the cur rent headteacher, Mrs Judith Childs. f The evening will conclude
when you can enjoy reminisc ing with former contemporar ies, both students and staff. For anyone living out of the area, overnight accommodation is available at the venue.
Primrose Mill housing
AN application for the modi fication o f an agreement re lating to the development of Primrose Mill; Woone Lane, Clitheroey has been submit ted to Ribble Valley Borough Council.- This is to clarify the afford
able housing obligations fol lowing the granting of funding by the Housing and Communi ties Agency and vaiy elements of the wording associated with the future letting and manage ment of the affordable hous ing. This includes a clause to provide protection to a future mortgagee of the affordable housing and to enable the asso ciation to raise private finance against the new homes. Comments on the proposal
(number 0839) must be made to the council by November 5th.
. • Other plans submitted include:
.. Clitheroe: Landscaping, part change of use from industrial land to residential curtilage, conversion of turbine housing to garden roorn at Primrose House, Primrose Road (0767 and listed building consent 0768). . Old Langho: Proposed change
of use of agricultural land to form a pitch static caravan holiday park with warden unit, reception grounds maintenance store and associated landscaping at land at Aspinall Farm (0417). : . •
Pay police a virtual visit
PEOPLE living and working in the Ribble Valley are being urged to pay local police a virtual visit as part of UK (jet Online Week. The Lancashire Constabulary website can be
found at
www.lancashire.police.uk and contains all .sorts of useful and interesting information about local policing services. You can look up your local officer and find out
what’s being done in your area to address crime and disorder problems; view crime maps; see if
you can help find any of Lancashire’s most want ed criminals; and view breaking news. You can also check out how dogs and horses
are used by the police and even find out what the helicopter has been doing in your area with heli copter over my house. Iain Hamilton, from Contact Management,
said: “The Lancashire Police website really is a wealth of useful information and I would recom mend anyone with internet access takes a look. “There’s all sorts of useful advice as well as in
teresting facts and figures about the service that the Constabulary provides to the county’s resi dents. “Of course, you can also use the web to make
contact with us too - are you aware that you can actually e-mail us your query direct from the web site instead of having to pick up the phone and ring us? “.Whoever you are, our website has got some thing you’ll find helpful or interesting.”
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ON THEIR BIKES: From the left, Julie MeShane, Kate Hartley, Jane Oakley, Sam Marsden and Nicky Scorah. (s) Clitheroe Advertiser &TImes,Thursday, October 28,2010 Women’s 148-mile cycle ride to boost cancer fight
TRAINED medical assist ance was not required when five friends from Clitheroe Health Centre set out to com plete a 148- mile coast to coast cycle ride from Whitehaven to Sunderland. The group consisted of four
nurses and a medical secre tary who were raising money for Women v. Cancer, a char ity whose focus is on ali types of cancer in women, particu- lariy ovarian, breast and cer vical. One of the women, Nicky
Scorah, hopes to continue the fund-raising when she sets off on her next big adventure, cy cling 400km. through Kenya next year for the same cause and hopes to add significantly to the £1,116 raised so far through pure pedal power. To donate to the fund, or for more information, visit
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■ THE 3rd Trinity Brownies would like to thank everyone collected Sainsbury vouch ers to help them acquire sports equipment. They bought hula hoops and hockey kit.
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